…destructive attempt to fix something that wasn’t broken. These nations can’t stop doing bad stuff on trade because they weren’t doing bad stuff before Trump came along. What about America’s trade deficit?…

…story.” Me As an example, for about the past thirty years I have been aware that the great “Social Security unfunded deficit” could be solved immediately and forever by simply…

…over the 2024–2034 period and increase the cumulative deficit for that period by $0.2 billion. A $20 billion rescission would reduce revenues by $44 billion and increase the cumulative deficit by $24 billion. A $35 billion…

New study finds wealthy are different? via Alternet. Since today and yesterday is shaping up to be deficit days in posts from me, this note caught my attention: One especially…

…keep in mind the differences between federal deficit and public debt). Based on going over there to read the walk through, I will post his conclusions only: The United States…

…deficit-saving agreement, per Feldstein, was a low-impact change that was mostly (if my paycheck is any indication) neutralized by other factors (such as increases in health insurance costs). So the…

by Mike Kimel Where Has the Spending Gone, Joe Dimaggio? Lately there’s been a gnashing of the teeth about the deficit and the debt and what to do about it….

…them.) 2.Obama’s proposed chained-CPI cut would typically reduce benefits for 3 percent, and by as much as 6 percent for some recipients. 3.The White House’s decision to label this cut…

…also added the final two sentences. The post is a followup to a post from earlier Friday. I’ve also created an additional label: mainstream-journalism gimmickry. I’ve left the original rather…

…and since then, models have proliferated, transforming the name “Smith and Wesson .38” into a generic label for a particular style of gun, even clones that aren’t made by Smith…